# What Did Jack Do? Funny or just weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861 "2020-03-03T13:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/1 "2020-03-03T13:20:23Z")
A friend recently suggested I watch the short film [What Did Jack Do?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11644096/) It is a 17 minute film by David Lynch, available on Netflix. My buddy described it as hilarious - and weird. I made it through about 7 minutes before I decided the weird wasn’t enough to outweigh any funny that might appear in the final 10 minutes. But I look online and see many complimentary reviews, describing it as hilarious. So what say you? (I have to admit, I’m not a fan of Lynch’s other work.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/2 "2020-03-03T13:29:57Z")
I loved it. It was weird, yes, but I don’t think it was meant to be funny, and it wasn’t. I was on the edge of my seat the entire film. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/3 "2020-03-03T14:04:49Z")
Definitely weird. Definitely pointless. Most definitely boring. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/4 "2020-03-03T15:11:39Z")
There needs to be a “waste of time” option. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/5 "2020-03-03T18:27:40Z")
It’s David Lynch, so “funny and weird”. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/6 "2020-03-03T18:36:33Z")
I just learned from this thread that it was supposed to be funny. Not sure why people thought it was. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/7 "2020-03-03T18:48:25Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I just learned from this thread that it was supposed to be funny. Not sure why people thought it was. A murder is being investigated. How on earth people find _murder_ humorous is beyond me. I guess those who are laughing have never been affected personally by violence. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/8 "2020-03-03T18:49:35Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I just learned from this thread that it was supposed to be funny. Not sure why people thought it was. Yep. I liked it. There is room and a need for experimental films. Some work better than others but they worth appreciating on their own merit. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/9 "2020-03-03T21:14:35Z")
I found it quite funny except it went on too long … or needed to change things up more. Sort of like a classic SNL sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/10 "2020-03-03T22:23:50Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I just learned from this thread that it was supposed to be funny. Not sure why people thought it was. You don’t think a guy interrogating a talking monkey (who is apparently having an affair with a chicken) is funny? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/11 "2020-03-04T00:03:56Z")
Duplicate thread. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889366](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889366) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/12 "2020-03-04T00:20:02Z")
I thought it was hilarious, but you have to grok David Lynch to see the humor. And if you didn’t enjoy the first seven minutes, you wouldn’t have liked the rest either. You made the right decision bailing out. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/13 "2020-03-04T21:17:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > You don’t think > > a guy interrogating a talking monkey (who is apparently having an affair with a chicken) > > is funny? That’s just the premise, it could be funny if they played it that way. I didn’t even get the feeling that it was trying to be funny and failed. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/14 "2020-03-05T19:16:48Z")
It’s exactly the sort of birthday present Lynch would give to himself. It’s absurd, it’s all absurd, and that throws out any objective ideas about whether it was supposed to be funny. Personally, I found parts of it funny and parts of it head-scratching at best. The girlfriend just kept saying _They’re on drugs. They’re all on drugs._ And she’s seen _Eraserhead_! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/15 "2020-03-05T19:37:25Z")
I liked it, but I like David Lynch. It’s very Lynchian. If you don’t like Lynch, I can see why you didn’t like this movie. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jack-do-funny-or-just-weird/848861/16 "2020-03-11T17:52:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A murder is being investigated. How on earth people find _murder_ humorous is beyond me. I guess those who are laughing have never been affected personally by violence. ☹ Well, gallows humor is a thing.